The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1954, Page 16

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN CHRISTMAS EDITION —— 1954 nereeremmee Poor Old Cr QQ prum puppine Is SERVICE STATION |TRADITIONAL DISH. No medieval Yule fete was com- ‘Truman Ave. at Francis PHONE 2-9193 plete without the plum pudding. In the Book of Common Prayer of J. H. Brady, Manager 1670, the prayer for the last Sun- Wishes All A Mother Has Six Careers Family Mo dels For Living Christmas Cards & Christopher Columbus’ flagship, the Santa Maria, was ~ | Wrecked on a coral reef in what's now Haiti, Christmas ¥ eve, 1492, He spent his first Christmas in the New World on the Nina, and then set about building a fort. He named it, the first Spanish settlement, La Navidad (the na ORIGIN OF YULE Nativity) because it was the Christmas séason. The word “Yule” originated with} the ancient Northern peoples who | @emae.: thought of the sun as a wheel re- volving around the earth and which reached its solstice in the winter. This cyle of the sun was known to them as the “Hweol. OEE ECC CULO MEIC IE EMEC * MERRY « CHRISTMAS Thenceforth it was the duty of each member of the household to day before Advent began with the leet ae up,” a reminder to | Start the plum pudding. MERRY give the puddi tir each week CORISIMAS 1S; Dake soak ie me and Merry Christmas celebration,” A Happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR , PRAIA We sincerely hope that this Christmas will hold for you all that is good and that your enjoyment will last through a New Year _ OF good health and suzcess. May the wondrous joy of Christmas remain with you all twelve months ot the year. The Key Ambassador : Key West's Finest Motel Mp MPH M1 MC 2 NEE EEE CN FAMILY ARTIST—Tasha Tudor, left, works on illustrations for her next crop of Christmas cards. Three of her four children, right, who serve as her models, wark on the old loom that stands in a corner of the family kitchen. Poinciana Service Station POINCIANA, PLACE Dial 2-6368 Japanese Christmas cards usual- ly bear a symbol of the stork, which is a way of saying “I hope | you live one thousand years,” be-| lieved to be the life cycle of the! stork. The turtle is used similarly | 777200": BN because a turtle is supposed to live *& K A: m4 10,000 years. % = HHRMA HMB ARARAAMBRR RRR] Pritchard Funeral Home 900 White Street UE HE EO MM NEU 2M EO NM NE ME EEO ETE OEE \& 1 Wieiceene. BAD Be De Be BH De Da We De BeBe Be De BeBe Be Di WB Be Wi De BBe We De Ba Be Ws De De Be De BD BeBe De Be De Bed our sincerest wishes for 2 joyous Holiday Season. Oppenheimer and Co. Member, New York - Stock Exchange JACK M. ELIAS Site ay NOSTALGIC CHRISTMAS—The little girl pictured giving presents to the pets in the card above is little Einer Mc Cready, daughter of the artist, Tasha Tudor. nd a | “S) RS old foshioned but the wish sincere and new . . . best wishes .. for the very heppiest of holidays! hn Tasha Tudor has six successful corner of the big kitchen, and is 9 SEASON'S ——©9 Resident Manager Key West Outboard career, and no conflict. e almost constantly ip use. Giaeermes \ As wife, mother, antique collec- As a member of the American : , HO Dili To all our friends we exiend > \@ tor, storekeeper, artist and lector,| Artists Group, Tasha Tudor is| RAR RHH HMB MARMM WVBR MMV DW BBB BB WIND RWW RW ABWRABy RD SSB DB DMM DB BBD De aD DM De BLN De DDB DD Dee De De De Pe Ee De Pee , * >| A , | = ~ " Z eo és eee Babi De Be BB Bi BeBe Be Be De De De BeBe Bi Be DiDe BUDD: De Di BeBe BiB DLD DDD HD DBD 1103 Truman Ave. Bi storekeeper, artist and author, she balances all activities neatly in her | 15-year-old farmhouse at Conto-| cook, N. H., in the bosom of her family, consisting of husband Tho- known throughout the country for her quaint, nostalgic greeting cards and her children’s books, all of which are sold in the family’s Gin-| ger and Pickles Store and Doll ng et mas Leighton McCready and four | Museum, which occupies one room children: Efner, 5, Tom, 9, Seth,|0f the big red farmhouse. 11, and Bethany, 13. Tasha’s collection of old - fash- | All members of the family serve |ioncd dolls and costumes is fa-| as models for her Christmas cards | mous throughout the countryside — | and children’s book illustrations, a-| and all serve as props for her illus- | long with the assorted farm live-| trations. Her husband acts as her stock, including dogs, cats, canar-| business manager, runs the store | ies, love birds, doves, turtle, gold-| and farm and supervises the edu- fish, pigs, cows and tame crows. | cation of the children, The 17-room farm-house, lovingly| Tasha Tudor has no difficulty in| restored and furnished with authen- | choosing between home and career | tic early American antiques, offers | she has them all wrapped up | jendless backgrounds, including the together in one big, happy pack- old hand loom which stands in ai age. — AP Newsfeatures. Eisner Furniture Co. 3428 DUCK AVENUE Christmas be metry and long remembered! May your New Year be joyous, filled with the pleasures of friendships renewed, and abounding with prosperity and real happiness!, “Wishes THE ARTMAN PRESS fun and Good Cheer and Good Health the year through... An abundanee of these ts our Yule wish for you! HMARARHRAARRAAWHHMAWAHRARARAAAA AAA MAMBH RAMANA AKAMA Norman D. Artman Gabriel Cabanas Ramon Naranjo Ray Cabanas Joe Balbontin M.E. Bennett . Construction Co. Contractors 217 DUVAL STREET P.O. Box 328 Key West, Florida DIAL 2-2333 Fabric Center, Incorporated 62 DUVAL STREET Peete ote eer Tiere Tt tee Tr PeeWee De Be Be Bi Bei Ba Be BeBe De De ByRe De DM Be Be De Be De Bi De De De Dee Be! A